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COMBINED AUTOMATIC VENDING AND MONEY CHANGING MACHINE. No. 541,298. r Patented June 18, 1895.

UNITED, STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT MARSHALL STURGIS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOROF TWO- THIRDS TO VILLIAM B. TAYLOR AND JAMES H. SMITH, OF DALLAS,-TEXAS.

COMBINED AUTOMATIC VENDING AND MONEY-CHANGING MACHINE. V

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 541,298, dated June 18, 1 895.

Application filed November 6, 1894:. Serial No. 528.098. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT LIARSHALII STURGIS, of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Automatic Vending and Money-Changing Machine, of which the following-is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to a combined automatic vending and money changing machine, and consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangment of parts, hereinafter described and designated in the claims.

The object of my invention isto provide an improved machine of the class above mentioned.

In the-drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same, showing the side which is opposite the one on which the operating-cranks are located. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the sideof-the machine on which the operating-cranks are located, but with the side of the casing and said cranks removed. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a skeleton frame stripped of its contiguous mechanism. Fig. 5 is a detail side view of a locking-dog for the article-delivering carriages. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a locking device for the delivering-plate of one of the five-cent-coin tubes. sectional plan view on the line 7 7 of Fig. 3 with the coin -tubes and article-boxes removed. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional side elevation of the locking mechanism for the delivering-plate of one of the five-centmoin tubes in position for the delivery of a tencent article. Fig. 9 is a detail perspective interior view of a sight-pocket having a transparent front into which every proper and good coin placed in the machine by a purchaser is exposed to view until a subsequent sale is made. Fig. 10 is a sectional side elevation on the line. 10 10 of Fig. 7, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 7. Fig. 11 is a detail view, in perspective, of the main operating crank-shaft and attached parts. Fig. 12 is detail perspective view of a locking and releasin cam. Fig. 13 is a sectional side elevation on the line 13 13 of Fig. i

Fig. 7 is a 7, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 14 is a detail perspective view of an operating-lever made use of in moving the articlecarriages. Fig. 15 is a detail side elevation of a locking-dog made use of. Fig. 16 is a detail view, in perspective, of the interior of a series of coin-chutes. Fig. 17isadetailview, in perspective, of a portion of a crank-shaft and attached parts made use of. Fig. 18 isa detail view, in perspective, of a coin-delivering hopper made use of. sectional side elevation on the line 19 19 of Fig. 11, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 20 is a top plan view of a coin-separating plate made use of. Fig. 21 is a detail perspective view of oneot the coin-ejecting slides. Fig. 22 is a similar view of another coin-ejecting slide. Fig. 23 is a detail perspective view of a series of pins for laterally detaching the coins from the coinchutes. Fig. 24 is a detail view, in perspective, of a movable plate made use of. Fig. 25 is a perspective view of one of the article-delivery carriages detached. Fig. 26 is a perspective view of an additional coin -ejecting slide. Fig. 27 is a detail plan view showing the man ner of detachably connecting the operatinghandle.

1 indicates the outer casing of the machine which is preferably made of wood and rectangular in form to inclose on all sides the mechanism contained therein. The outer casing 1 is preferably provided at its upper end. with a vertical extension having transparent,

glazed or transpi'cuous front and rear faces, as

2. The purpose of this extension is to provide an extended space in which extra longarticle boxes or packages, as 3 and 4, may be placed, and so that in case cigars, or otherarticles,-coming within the revenue laws are vto be sold, the revenue stamp upon the upper portion of said boxes will be visible at all times through said transparent faces. The rear face is constructed the same as the front transpicuons face, (Fig. 1.)

1 preferably make use of an inner metallic frame 5, which is removably located within the outer casing 1, and which supports the main operative parts independently of said casing, (Fig. 4:.)

6 indicates the clamping-frame for holding Fig. 19 is a detail IOO the boxes containing the articles to be sold. This clamping-frame preferably consists of two vertical sides 7 spaced a proper distance apart by horizontal bars 8 to receive the article-boxes 3 and 4 between said vertical sides, with said horizontal bars between said boxes so that the latter may be separately applied to and detached from said frame by simply manipulating the clamping-screws 9 which are threaded through the opposite vertical sides of said frame to clamp said boxes between the inner ends of said screws. The clampingframe 6 is mounted in a plane above the space in which the article-delivery carriages l0 and 11 are located. These delivery-carriages are normally located one directly beneath the lower end of the article-box 3, and the other directly beneath the lower end of the articlebox 4, (Fig. 13.) The lower ends of said boxes are to be removed prior to placing the boxes in the machine, so that the articles may gravitate downward onto said carriages and be successively delivered.

I preferably make use of but two articleboxes, and, consequently, but two deliverycarriages. Toillustrate, the box 3 I will say contains fivecent cigars, or other articles, while the box 4 contains ten cent cigars, or other articles, so that the five cent articles or articles of one value will be delivered to the carriage 11, while the ten cent articles, or articles of another value, will be delivered to the carriage 10. The delivery-carriages are mounted on horizontal ways'or rails 10 indicating the rails of the carriage l0, and 11 indicating the railsof the carriage 11. All the delivery carriages are alike,and I will limit my detail description to one of them, (Fig. 25.) It. comprises ahorizontal body mounted upon wheels or rollers 10", and formed in this body is a vertical passage 10 having a length correspondingtothelengthofthearticletobe delivered and having transverse dimensions corresponding to like dimensions of said article. The top of said passage is open and normally in communication with theinteriorofthe articlebox, while the bottom of said passage is normally closed by a fixed horizontal bar or plate 12 which extends across the space beneath said passage and in vertical alignment with v 1 the lower end of the articlebox. and has its opposite ends secured tosome fixed portion of the frame 5, so that when said carriage is located in position to receive an article from the article-box, said article will rest upon said horizontal bar or plate 12 and be held in said vertical passage of said carriage until the,

proper time arrives for said carriage to be moved out from under said box and for said article to be delivered to the article-chute 13,

'thelower end of which communicates with a suitable opening formed in the outer casing 1, and with a receptacle 14 located upon the exterior of said casing, (Figs. 2 and 3.)

The delivery-carriage 10 is provided preferably at both ends with a pin or projection 10, and the carriage 11 is provided preferably at both ends with a pin or projection 11". The projections 10 on the carriage 10 are normally in vertical alignment with the projections 11 on the carriage 11, and perform a very important function in my machine. (Figs. 3, 10 and 13.)

I will now describe the locking and moving mechanism for the delivery-carriages. The carriages are preferably provided with looking and moving mechanism at both ends to make their movement more positive and to avoid skewing of the carriages obliquely with relation to their rails, which might occur if the power of moving them was applied at one end only. The carriages are all constructed to be moved in the direction toward the right hand of Figs. 1, 3, 7 and 13.

'15 indicates two locking-dogs located one at each end of the delivery-carriages on the outer face of the frame 5 (Figs. 5 and 10) at. that point for normally holding one of the dobe, or is being moved toward the right hand to deliver an article. is always locked by said locking-dog against such movement. In other words, said carriages can only be moved separately by reason of the construction hereinafter described.

Each of the locking-dogs 15 is pivoted atits outer end by means of a screw or pin 16 to the outer face of the frame 5, and is provided at its opposite end with a projection or shank l7, and two parallel slots 18 are formed in the body, one at the upper edge and one at the lower. edge, of said shank. The inner ends of these slots are open, (Fig. 14.) The inner ends of said locking-dogs are supported at all times by their shanks 17 resting upon a lateral projection 19 on horizontal operating levers 20 which are placed one at the outer side of each of sa'id locking-dogs and extend toward the left hand, and connect.

' with mechanism hereinafter described.

denomination of five cents and twenty-five cents only, the number of coins delivered as change being automatically increased, or diminished, and selected in accordance with the amount of change to which the purchaser is entitled. This function is controlled entirely by the diameter of the coin placedin the machine by a purchaser. All coins which are placed in the machine bya purchaser (if good coins) are automatically directed into a money drawer or box, and are not used by the machine for making change, the required coins for making change being automatically taken from a series of coin-tubes which are to be supplied with piles of coins by the proprietor.

I preferably make use of four vortical five livery-carriages when another carriage is to One'of said carriages I cent coin-tubes 21, which are arranged in a row and supported in suitable apertures 22 in the frame 5, and I make use of four twentyfive cent tubes 23, one of which is placed in the row just described between two five cent tubes and properly supported in apertures 24 formed in the frame 5, while the remaining three twenty-five cent tubes are located in a separate row supported in proper bearings 25 formed in said frame. Removable caps 26 may be placed on the upper ends of all of the coin-tubes to be removed by the proprietor, or his authorized assistant, when it is desired to place coin in said tubes for making change. Access to the upper ends of the cointubes is made by way of a suitable locked door 27.

Horizontally mounted beneath the cointubes between suitable guides 28 are suitable coin-slides, which, when moved laterally, detach the bottom one of the pile of coin in said tubes in making change, (Fig. 7.).

29 indicates a single coin inlet or hopper, which is placed on the exterior of the casing 1, and which may be seen at the right hand of Fig. 1. Into this hopper all the coins deposited by purchasers are to be placed. Its bottom is set at an incline and is connected to the upper end of an inclined assorting-plate 30 which forms the bottom of an inclined box 31 placed upon the upper ends of a series of vertical coin-chutes 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, (Figs. 3, 10, 16 and 20.) The box 31 is inclined downwardly from its coin-inlet so that the coin placed therein will gravitate to the proper point. This box also has its front edge lower than its rear edge, so that the assorting-plate 30 is inclined upward from its front edge which causes the coins placed thereon -to gravitate to and remain in contact with the lower edge of said box until they drop through the holes in said plate. The assorting-plate 30 has a series of apertures 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 differing in size according to the size of the various coins, the smallest aperture 41 being located directly above the vertical chute 32 and the apertures increasing in; size successivelyin like order to the'lower end of the assorting-plate. All of the coin apertures in the plate 30 have their corresponding lower edges located in alignment with a flange or ledge 42 between said edges and the adjacent edge of the box 31, so that as the coins slide downwardly they will rest upon said flange or ledge 42. Each of the apertures in the assorting-plate 30 has a length somewhat in excess of the diameter of the coins designed to pass therethrough. W'hen coins are placed in the hopper, they will slide down onto the inclined assorting-plate 30 until they arrive opposite an aperture of sufficient size to permit the coin to drop through, when it willfall into the proper vertical chute beneath said plate and gravitate downward therein edge- Wise. The lower end 43 of the vertical chutes beneath the assorting-plate 30 is restricted in size, being provided with opposite shoulders or projections 44 which arrest the downward movement of the coin and hold it opposite an aperture 45 formed in the front side of each of said chutes for a purpose hereinafter mentioned.

The opposite projections or shoulders 44 are spaced just sufficiently far apart to arrest.

the downward movement of a good coin having about the proper diameter, but are not so close as to arrest the downward movement of a spurious coin having less diameter, so that a spurious or badly worn coin will at once pass by said opposite projections and fall into a bad-coin chute 46 located directly beneath all of said vertical chutes and provided with a suitable spout or chute 47 communicating with an opening 48 in the front of the machine, (Figs. 1, 10 and 16.) t

I will now proceed to describe the mechanism for removing the purchasers coin from the obstructions in the vertical chutes above mentioned, and also describe how the said coin itself forms an essential connection between the hand-actuated article-delivery apparatus and change-making apparatus.

49 indicates a series of coin-detaching pins which are all fixed at one end to a horizontal plate 50 extending across the front of the frame 5, (Figs. 3,10, 13-and 23.) The inner ends of the pins 49 normally stand in the corresponding apertures 45 of the vertical coinchutes 32 to 36. The ends of the plate 50 are secured to and supported by the front end of two vertical guide-frames or cross-heads 51 arranged on opposite sides of the frame 5 to slide horizontally in suitable guides or bearings 52, (Figs. 3 and 7.) Said guide-frames or cross-heads'are held in normal position by means of a suitable spring 53 coiled about a horizontal rod 54 carried by each of said crossheads. Said horizontal rod is fixed to the inner vertical end of its cross-head and to a vc-r tical bar 55 thereof, which is located intermediate of the ends of said cross-head and said spring 53 bears at one end against said vertical bar .55, and at its opposite end against a fixed lug 56 projecting from the frame 5.

For moving the cross-heads 51 in opposition to the springs 53 and for applying power positively to each end of the pin-carryingplate 50, I extend a shaft 57 horizontally across the front of the frame in a plane just above the pins 49, and mount the same to revolve in suitable bearings 58. The ends of said shaft 57 project a distance at opposite sides of said frame beyond its said bearings and fixed on said projecting portions and set at the same angle are two cross-arms 59 carrying small rollers 60 at their outer ends, which latter engage the vertical bars 55 of said cross-heads and movethe latter inward against the power of the springs 53 when said shaft is revolved, or partially revolved, (Figs. 10 and 11.) The shaft 57 is hand-actuated by the purchaser by means of a suitable handle or crank 61, which is mounted upon one projecting end of said shaft and located upon the is that in' which it is shown in Fig. 11; or, in

other words, up and it is retained in said position and automatically returned thereto by means of a suitable spring applied in the manner presently described.

62 indicates a ratchet-wheel fixed on the same projecting portion of the shaft 57 upon which the handle 61 is mounted but inside of the outer casing, the said handle being on the outside thereof.

63 indicates a-gravity detent which is pivoted at 64: toa lug projecting from the frame 5 and extends above the ratchet-wheel 62 and engages the teeth of the latter to permit said wheel to turn in the direction indicated by the curved arrow in Figs. 1 and 11, and prevent same from turning in an opposite direction.

65 indicates a smaller ratchet-wheel loosely mounted upon said projecting portion of said shaft on the outer side of said ratchet-wheel 62 and having preferably only two diametrically opposite teeth which are pitched in a direction opposite that of the teeth of said wheel 62.

A small pawl 66 is mounted upon the outer face of the larger ratchet-wheel 62 to engage the teeth of the smaller ratchet-wheel 65. The pawl 66 is provided with a suitable spring 67 which holds the former in engagement with the smaller ratchet-wheel65 and permits said smaller wheel to turn only in a direction opposite that in which said larger ratchetwheel is rotated, except when itis moved with said larger wheel, (Fig. 11.)

The handle 61 is preferably made in the form of a crank and provided with an integral sleeve 68 which loosely fits over the projecting end of the shaft 57. The inner end of this sleeve is detachably connected to the smaller ratchet-wheel 65 by a sortof a lap joint, (Fig. 27.) Said sleeve is provided at its inner end with an angular recess 69, in which fits a correspondingly shaped lug or projection 70 on the said ratchet-wheel, so that said handle may be moved outward on said shaft and detached when desired.

71 indicates a face-plate for the said handle. Said face-plate is provided with a central aperture through which the sleeve 68 of said handle passes, and said plate is removably fixed upon the outer surface of the outer casing 1 by means of suitable screws or similar fastenings, (Figs. 1 and 19.) Projecting from the outer face of said plate 71 are two stops 72 and 73 which limit the movement of said handle in both directions, said stop 72 being contacted by a suitable web or projection 7-l on said handle when the latter is in its normal position, and the stop 73 is located about diametrically opposite the stop 72 to limit the movement of said handle when moved in the 1 direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1.

75 indicates an annular flange formed on the inner face of said face-plate 71, and acting to contain a common volute spring 76. One end of this spring is secured to the annular flange 75, or other common fixture, and

the opposite end of said spring is secured to j the sleeve 68 by means of a suitable rivet or 1 other fastening, (Fig. 19.)

77 indicates a good-coin spout or chute,

said good coin spout, but is discharged into what I term a sight-pocket 80 secured in position upon the interior wall of the outer casing 1 in a plane above said money-drawer.

This sight-pocket has an open upper end into which the money is discharged, but its bot- 1 tom is normally closed by a spring-pressed inclined dropping-plate 81 which virtually forms I the bottom of said sight-pocket.

said pocket, and a suitable spring 83 is coiled upon said bar with one of its ends 84 secured This drop ping-plate is pivotally mounted at its upper edge upon a fixed bar 82 extending across the AIOO l to said pocket, and its opposite end bearing 1 upon the under side of said dropping-plate,

so that the lower edge of said plate is thereby normally held closely against the inner surface of the outer transparent wall 85 of said,

pocket, (Figs. 2, 3 and 9.) r

The dropping-plate S1 is pressed inward to. release coins that are deposited in the said pocket by means of a bell'crank-lever 86, one

of the arms of which is pivoted at 87 to a suitable fixed part of the machine, while the other arm extends upward to a point inthe path oftwo pins 88 carried at the ends of the crossarm 59 which is situated on the same side of the machine.

The bell-crank-lever S6 is provided with a lug or projection 89 which contacts with the free end of an arm 90, the opposite end of which is fixed to said dropping-plate.

A pin or stop 91 is fixed to some stationary part of the machine and projects in the path of the bell-crank-lever 86 to limit the movement thereof in one direction. The normal position of said bell-crank-lever is in contact with said pin or stop, and it is normally retained in such position by the power of the spring 83 acting upon the. dropping-plate 81 and the arm 90.

92 indicates a movable plate extending horizontally across the machine beneath the coinslides alongside of the bad and good coinchutes 4:6 and 77, respectively, and pivoted near its lower edge at 93 to the lower portion of the frame 5, (Figs. 10, 13 and 24.) 94indicates two perforated ears, or a suitable hearing, at the upper edge of said movable-plate 92 near one end of same (Fig. 24) to which the front end 95 of one of the horizontal operating levers 20 is pivotally connected.

96 indicates ears, or a bearing, similar to 94 but located adjacent the opposite end of said movable-plate, and to which the front end of the other horizontal operating lever 20 is pivotallyconnected. Projectingadistanceabove the upper edge of said movable-plate and forward therefrom are two bifurcated arms 97. Projecting from one end of said movable-plate adjacent the lower edge thereof is a lug or projection 98. Mounted in the bifurcations of the arms 97 and extending in astraight line from one arm to the other is a rod or bar 99 secured in position by suitable pins or other fastenings 100.

A A, B B, C, D and E respectively indicate the coin-slides which are mou nted between the guides 28 in the manner previously described. Each of the coin-slides has a vertical endplate 101 secured to its front end and in which apertures. Each of the coin-slides is provided with a longitudinal slot or opening 103 which comm unicates at one end with the adjacent aperture 102 in said vertical end-plate 101. Each coin-slide, except D, has also a coinaperture 10% adapted to receive the coin from the coin-tubes. The vertical plate 101 of all the coin-slides projects downwardly past and in front of the horizontal rod or bar 99 of the movable plate 92, so that whenever any one of said slides is moved rearwardly from its normal position, the lower portion of its vertical plate 101 will contact with the said rod or bar 99 and always impart movement to said movable plate 92 in aeorresponding direction, (Figs. 10 and 13.)

None of the coin-slides, except what I term the permanent five cent slide E, moves until the proper coin is placed between its vertical plate 101 and the front wall of the corresponding vertical coin-chute. The permanent five cent slide E is moved rearwardly every time the movable-plate 92 is moved in a corresponding direction, for the reason that said slide is permanently connected to the horizontal rod or bar 99 of said movable plate by means of a suitable strap or hook 105, the upper end of which is fixed to the vertical plate 101 of said slide, While the lower portion of said strap or hook is passed downwardly in rear of said horizontal rod or bar 99. By this means said horizontal rod or bar 99 is located in the space between the depending portion of the vertical plate 101 of the slide E and the strap or hook 105. At this point I desire to state that the number of coins cut d or detached from the piles in the coin-tubes by the respective eoin-slides depends, upon the vertical thickness of said slides. 'In the present machine I have graduated the thickness of the coin-slides in the following manner: For

instance, I make all of the slides which detach five-cent pieces, except the slide E, sufficiently thick to detach three five-cent pieces at a time, as shown in Fig. 22, while the slide E-is much thinner and detaches but a single five-cent piece at a time.

The coin-slide AA is composed of a comparatively large plate of metal (Fig. 7) having therein three apertures 101 which are normally located beneath the three aligned twenty-five cent coin-tubes 23 and an. integral front portion thickened, as shown in Fig. 22, and which is located beneath the five-cent tube. Shown at the uppermost portion of Fig. 7.

The coin-slide B B is cotnposed .of a smaller piece of metal having a thickened portion as shown in Fig. 22 for detaching three five-cent pieces at a time, and also having a connected thinner portion for simultaneously detaching a single twenty-five cent piece from the front twentyfive cent tube. It will be seen from an inspection of Fig. 7 that the parts of A A are connected and, therefore, must simulta- 9 A suitable spring 106 has its rear end fixed to the adjacent portion of the frame 5 (Figs. 7 and and its front portion normally resting against the rear edge of the blank slide D to act as a friction-brake and prevent movement'of said slide at thewrong time, which might be caused by the weight of the pile of coin in the five-cent coin tube normally resting upon the extension D of said blank slide. If it were not for said spring, said blank slide might inadvertently be moved rearwardly by friction of said pile of coin.

107 indicates a large spout or chute, the upper side of which is open and located in a plane below all of the coin-tubes to receive coin detached therefrom for change. Its bot.- tom is inclined downwardly and outwardly and extends to a receptacle 108 located in one side of the outer casing 1, and preferably provided with a suitable lid or cover 109 marked Change, (Figs. 1 and 7.)

A horizontal guard 110 has its front edge fixed to the adjacent five-cent tube 21 and projects rearwardly so as to prevent the fiveis preferably one of these springs adjacent each end of said plate and if desirable or necessary,the nutnberof such springs may be increased.

For causing the good coins, which are inserted in the machine by purchasers and which lodge in the space between the ends of the detachingpins 49 and the vertical plates 101 of the coin-slides, to be carried over the open upper. side of the bad-coin chute 46 and be released and dropped into the underlying good-coin chute 77, I provide a tripping mechanism which I will now describe.

113 indicates a dog, the rear end of which is pivoted at 114 to the frame 5 at one end of the movable-plate 92. This dog is provided at a point intermediate of its length and upon its under edge with a locking-lug 115 which engages the lug or projection 98 on said end of said movable-plate during the operation hereinaftermentioned. The front sideof the locking-lug 115 is inclined or rounded. The front portion of the said dog is curved or bowed upward to form a cam-surface 116 which extends forward past the front of the frame over and at times into the path of a lateral lug or projection 11? extending from the inner face of the cross-head 51 at that side of the machine, (Figs. 10, 13, and 15.)

I will now describe the mechanism for manually detaching the operating levers 20 from the five-cent delivery carriage and connecting said levers to the ten-cent carriage when a ten cent article is wanted by a purchaser.

Formed on the rear portion of the operating levers 20, one of which is located on each side of the machine in the manner previously described, is a head or enlargement having two vertically aligned slots 118, 119, the inner ends ofwhich are closed and the outer ends of which are open. The lower slots 119 of both of said levers are normally engaged by the pins or projections 11 of the five-cent delivery carriage 11, so that when said levers are moved longitudinally said carriage moves with them, unless the slotted heads of said levers are thrown upward. The upper slots 118 of said levers normally stand in vertical aligment with the pins or projections 10 of the ten-cent delivery carriage 10, (Figs. 3, 10, and 14.)

For elevating the slotted heads of the operating-levers 20, I make use of a horizontal rock-shaft 120 mounted in suitable bearings as 121 on opposite sides of the frame 5 in a plane below said operating-levers, (Figs. 7, 12, and 17.) Oneend of the shaft 120 projects through the outer casing 1 and has mounted upon it what I term a ten-cent handle or crank 122, (Fig. 1.) Fixed on said rockdirection, are brought into contact with the 1 under surface of lateral webs or projections 125 located at the under edges of said operating-levers 20, (Figs. 8, 12, and 14.) Said rockshaft is to be turned a quarter revolution-by means of the handle 122 in the direction indicated by the arrow 126 in Fig. 1 and returned to its normal position by the action of a suitable spring 127 coiled around said shaft and having one of its ends fixed to the adjacent portion of the frame 5, and its opposite end fixed to a laterally projecting arm 128, which latter is secured on said shaft by means of a common set-screw, or other fastening, (Fig. 17.) The normal position of the handle 122 is in a horizontal plane, as shown in Fig. 1. A stop 129 fixed on a face-plate 130 limits the downward movement of said handle, and another stop fixed on the same face-plate at a point about diametrically opposite said stop 129 limits the movement of said handle in an opposite direction.

When the slotted heads of the operating-- levers 20 are thrown up into engagement with the ten-cent carriage by the means just described, it will be impossible fora purchaser to obtain a ten cent article by inserting a fivecent coin, for the reason that such five-cent.

coin itself, in connection with mechanism presently described, effectually locks against movement all the coin-detaching pins and the operating-levers 20 which are at that ti me connected to the ten-cent delivery carriage. At the same time none of the coin-slides can be moved, and, consequently. no change what- Its ever will be thrown out; and in fact the op,-- I

crating-handles (51 and 122 and the entire mechanism will be automatically locked against any movement until an authorized person returns the mechanism to normal position, when, by a repetition of the movement of the handle 61, a five-cent article will be delivered to the receptacle l4, whence said article can be removed by the purchaser in the usual manner.

131 indicates a short horizontal rock-shaft mounted in'suitable bearings 132 in the frame 5 directly above and parallel with the rockshaft 120. Fixed at their rear ends upon said short shaft and extending parallel are a pair of arms 133, upon the front free ends of which is mounted a movable platform 134, which preferably has rising from it suitable sides or guards for keeping a coin upon said platform, (Figs. 10 and 18.) The platform 134 its is adapted to be moved upward until it registers with the adjacent rear edge of the extension D of the blank slide D, and thereby forms acontinuation of said slide, as shown in Fig. 8, and it is also adapted to be dropped downwardly, as shown in Fig. 10 for the purpose hereinafter described. The platform 134 is raised and lowered by means of a suitable segmental cam-plate 136 fixed on the long rock-shaft 120, so that its periphery may engage a projection 137 on the under edge of one of the platform arms 133. The normal position of said cam-plate is that shown. in Figs. 3, and 17.

For holding up the platform 134 and for holding the slotted headsof the operating-levers in engagement with the ten-cent car riage after said platform has been thrown upward, and for automatically returning the mechanism to normal position after a ten cent article has been delivered, I provide the device now to be described.

138 indicates an arm which is preferably integral with the arm 124 on the long rock-shaft 120. The arm 138 extends in a direction opposite that of the arm 124, and is provided at its free end with a lug or projection 139, (Figs. 8 and 12.)

140 indicates a lock-lever in the form of a bell-crank pivoted at 141 to a suitable fixed portion of the frame 5, (Figs. 6 and 10.) On the horizontal arm of the lock-lever 140 is a platform or plate 142 having in its upper face a notch or depression 143, which latter is engaged by the projection 139 of the arm 138 on the long rock-shaft 120 in locking said shaft against movement in opposition toits spring 127 after the ten cent handle has been thrown upward by a purchaser.

144 indicates a suitable spring, the upper end of which is fixed at 145 to a horizontal bar 146 of the frame at a point immediately above the horizontal arm of said lock-lever 140, and the lower end of said spring is secured at 147 to a portion of said horizontal arm, so that the platform 142 carried by said arm is normally elevated into and retained in contact with the base of the arms 124 and 138 carried by the long rock-shaft 120, as shown in Fig. 10. The upper end of the verticalarm 148 of the bell-crank 140 is normally located, also as shown in Fig. 10, out of the path of the platform carried by the arms 133.

Depending from the lower edge of the horizontal operating-lever 20, which is on-the side of the machine upon which the cam-plate 136 is located, is a vertical arm or projection 149, from the outer surface of which projectsalug or pin 150, and from the rear edge of which a horizontal arm or platform 151 projects in a direction parallel with the body of said operating-lever. The rear end of the arm 151 is normally located a little in advance of,but in a plane below, the platform 142 carried by the bell-crank 140, as also shown in.Fig. 10. The lug or pin 150 is adapted to contact with a shoulder or projection 152 formed on a portion of the bell-crank 140 in a plane above the pivotal point of the latter to perform the function hereinafter mentioned.

153 indicates a small upright coin-spout (Figs. 3 and 10), the upper end of which is open and located adjacent the platform 134 carried by the arms 133 so as to receive coin fromsaid platform and direct the same into the larger coin-spout 107.

154 indicates a wire or rod, the lower end of which is pivotally connected to some portion of the bell-crank 140, preferably to the outer end of the platform 142carried thereby. The purpose of this rod is to form a convenient connection with said bell-crank, whereby an I authorized person ,may unlock the mechanism of the machine after it has been locked by the improper insertion of acoin, so that the parts may resume their normal operative positions. The upper end of said rod may terminate at a convenient point beneath the door 27 upon the interior of the outer oasing, or it may terminate, as I have herein shown it, at a point upon the exterior ofsaid casing adjacent said door.

The operation is as follows: With the parts in the position in which they are shown in Figs. 3, 10 and 13, and the purchaser desires a five-cent article, as a cigar, and of course expects no change, he inserts a five-cent coin at the inlet 29 and the same slides downwardly onto the assorting-plate of the inclined box 31 until it reaches the five-cent aperture in said plate, when it drops through said aperture into the vertical coin-chute 33 beneath said aperture, and, if said coinis of the proper diameter, the same will be arrested in its downward movement by the opposite shoulders 44 and will come to rest at a point directly opposite the aperture in said chute; but, if said coin begreatly worn or too small in diameter, it will pass said shoulders 44 and gravitate through the restricted lower end 43 of said chute edgewise and fall into the badcoin chute 46 and be delivered upon the exterior of the machine through the opening 48, and, so on with the coins of various denominations, the ten-cent pieces being guided into the vertical chute 32, the twenty-five cent pieces into the chute 34, the half dollars into the chute 35, and the dollar coins into the chute 36, (Fig. 16.) Returning to the fivecent piece supposed to have been deposited in the manner previously described, after said coin has been deposited, the operator follows the directions posted on the side of the outer casing adjacent the operating-handle 61, which directions should be about as follows: Drop your money in the hopper andturn this handle and you will get a cigar and the correct change, if any is due. The purchaser then turns the handle 61 downward in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1,until it assumes the position in which itis shown in Fig. 1. This movement of said handle will turn its shaft 5Z and the parts carried thereby through about one quarter of a rotation,the detent 63 permitting the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 62 to slide beneath it, and the rollers 60 at the upper ends of the crossarms 59 engaging the vertical bars 5 5 of the cross-heads 51 pushing the said cross-heads rearwardly until said cross-arms have moved I go through alittle more than one quarter of a rotation, thereby compressing the cross-headsprings 53 and of course simultaneouslymoving rearwardly all of the coin-detaching pins 19 which project from the horizontal plate 50. The five-centcoin which has lodged opposite the aperture in the vertical chute 33 is thereby engaged by the free end of the appropriate coin-detaching pin 49 moved rearwardly and clamped between said end and the adjacent surface of the vertical plate 101 of the blank coin-slide D, and said slide is thereby moved rearwardly to the limit of rearward movement of said pin. Meantime the lower depending portion of said vertical plate 101 has engaged and pushed rearwardly a corresponding distanc'ethe horizontal bar99otthemovable plate 92, and the upper edge of the latter has been so moved that said plate 02 is inclined rearwardly directly beneath said five-cent coin. The operating-leversQO-are also therebymoved rearwardly carrying with them the five-cent carriage 11, so that the cigar or article which is contained in the vertical passage 10 of said carriage is carried 'rearwardly 011' of the fixed horizontal plate 12, and is thereby permitted to gravitate into the article-chute .13 and the receptacle 14, whence it may be removed by the purchaser. As this-movement of the said carriage takes place, the imperforate smooth upper surface of the forward portion of same passes beneath the next adjacent cigar or article in the five-cent box 3 and prevents downward movement of same until said carriage has been returned to its normal position when another cigar or article will automatically drop into said vertical passage of said carriage, and so on until all the articles in said box are sold, (Fig. 13.) Returning again to the live cent piece which moved the blank slide and parts in the manner just described, as soon as the handle 61 and the cross-arms 59 have been moved through a little more than one-fourth of a rotation, the power of the springs 53 and the springs 111 themselves continue the movement of said cross-arms until .their ends which were uppermost at the start occupya lowermost position which completes a half rotation for them, and they then appear to resume the same position from which they were removed, and the mechanism is thereby returned to its normal position. Meantime the lug or projection 98 on the end of the movable-plate 92 passed rearwardly beneath the lug 115 on the dog 113 and momentarily locked said movableplate in its rearward position (Figs. 13, 15, and 2 1); or, in other words, said plate is locked until the lug or projection 117 on the-front end of one of the cross-heads 51 comes in contact with the curved or camportion 116 of said dog 113, which is at that time in the path of said lug or projection 117 which releases the lug or projection 115 on said dog from the projection 98 on said movable plate and permits said plate and the parts connected thereto to be returned to their normal position by the action of the springs before mentioned, but this release of said plate does not take place until atterthe coindetaching pins have begun to return to their normal position, and, consequently, the five cent coin which was suspended between the end of one of said pins and the vertical plate 101 of said blank coin-slide will be released and dropped upon the inclined front side 'of said movableplate 92 and will gravitate into the good-coin spout or chute 77, and thence by the inclined bottom 78 into the sightpocket in which it will be exposed to View from the exterior of the casing, and from which it will later be dropped into the underlying money-drawer 79 by the next quarter a .99 cached from the coin-tubes during the above 1 described action, for the reason that only two I coin-slides were moved duringthe same, they being the blank slide D and the permanent fivecent slide E, which latter is moved every time the movable-plate 92 is actuated, the slide D being blank of course detached no coin, but as the slide E was moved with it, the coin contained in the aperture 104 of said slide E was detached from beneath the pile of coin contained in the overhanging fivecent coin tube but was prevented from dropping downward by the underlying lateral extension D of said-blank slide, said coin resting thereon both before and after said movement (Figs. 7 and 10). When the permanent five-cent slide E is pushed inward, the overhanging horizontal guard prevents thecoin carried thereby from accidentally jumping out of the aperture therein.

itaching pins, the coin-slides and the mechanism which delivers purchased articles, so

that unless a good coin is inserted the machine will be practically inoperative no matter how many times the operating-handle 61 is moved.

The operating-handle 61 is automatically restored to its normal position by the action of the volute spring '76 secured to the faceplate 71, (Figs. Hand 19.) Its normal position is that shown in Fig. 11. Upon moving said handle downward, the said spring is wound about the sleeve 68 of said handle,

and then when said handle is released said spring acts to restore it to normal position, with its web 74 in contact with the upper stop '72 on said face-plate. Movement of said handle in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, causes its said shank to engage the small ratchet-wheel 65 and the teeth of said ratchet-wheel engaging the pawl 66 on From the above it will be seen that thecoin inserted by the purchaser itself forms the actuating connection between the coin-dethe larger ratchet-wheel 62, causes said larger wheel and the shaft 57 uponwhich it is fixed to be moved in a corresponding direction, and then when said spring restores said handle to normal position, said smaller ratchetwheel is moved in the reverse direction with it, the teeth of said ratchet-wheel sliding under said pawl 66 without aifecting the position of said larger ratchet-wheel and said shaft.

When it is desired to remove the handle 61 all that is necessary is to detach the faceplate '71 from the outer casing, and then the said handle and the spring coiled about its shank may be removed with said faceplate, the smaller ratchet-wheel 65 remaining on the shaft 57. I

If a purchaser desires a ten-cent cigar or article and inserts a ten-cent coin in the hopper 29, said coin will gravitate through the smaller aperture 41 in the assorting-plate 30 and fall edgewise into the vertical coin-chute 32 opposite the aperture 45 thereof. Prior to inserting said ten-cent coin, or at least prior to operating the handle 61, the purcha er should follow the directions placed above the ten-cent handle 122, which directions should be urn this handle up for a ten-cent cigar. The operator should turn the handle 122 until it contacts with the stop 130 and thereby move the cam 136 into position beneath one of the arms 133 which carries the movable-platform 134, which will elevate said platform to the position shown in Fig. 8; and at the same time the arm 138 on the rock-shaft 120 will engage the platform 142 of the bell-crank 140 and move said bell-crank to the position shown in Fig. 8, so that the projection 139 carried by said arm 138 engages the notch or recess 143 in said platform 142, and the vertical arm 148 of said bell-crank is brought beneath said movable platform 134. At the same time the arms 123 and 124 (Fig. 12) engage under the operating-levers 20 and elevate their slotted heads, removing their lower slots 119 from the pins or projections 11 of the five-cent carriage and causing their upper slots 1l8 to engage the pins or projections 10 of the ten-cent carriage. The lugs or projections 19 on the inner sides of said operating'levers at the same time elevate the front ends of the carriage locking-dogs 15, bringing the upper one of the slots 18 of said dogs directly opposite said pins or projections 10 of said ten cent carriage, so that said pins or projections may freely move in said slots when said ten-cent carriage is moved'rearwardly in delivering an article. At the same time the ends of said lockingdogs 15, which are in a plane beneath their lower slots 18, are brought into the path of the pins 11 of the five-cent carriage, so that said carriage is thereby effectually locked against delivery movement until the parts have been returned to their normal position. Now with the ten cent piece in the position last mentioned at the base of the coin-chute 32, upon moving the handle 61 downward in the manner previously described, the said tencent coin will be caught between the end of the adjacent coin-detaching pin and'the verticalplate 101 of the five-cent slide E, and said slide will thereby be moved inward and detach a five cent coin from the pile of coin in its cointube, but this detached five-cent coin will not be thrown out as change for the reason that the platform 134 is in the position shown in Fig. 8, and said coin will simply'slide upon the upper surface of said platform and thereby be prevented from dropping into the change spouts 153 and 107, the said coin remaining in the aperture 104 of said slide and being thereby returned to its former position beneath the pile of coin in said coin-tube. Meantime the said slide contacting with the bar 99 of the movable plate .92, moves the'operating-levers 20 rearwardly, and they carry rearwardly with them the ten-cent carriage and the lowermost ten-cent article in the box 4 is delivered in a manner similar to that previously described in connection with the five-cent carriage. Im-

mediately after said ten-cent article has been 136 from engagement with the projection 137 of one of the arms 133 and withdrawing the arms 123 and 124 carried by said shaft 120 from engagement with the said operatinglevers, but both of said levers do not fall at this time, nor does the movable platform 134 fall at this time, although said supports are withdrawn, for prior to said time the horizontal arm 151 of the said operating-lever moved rearwardly with it to a position above andoverlapping the platform 142 of said bellcrank, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 8, so that of course after the before-mentioned supports are removed said arm 151 rests upon said platform 142 and said platform is supported by the spring 144, and the shoulder 152 of said bell-crank is held securely in contact with the pin 150 of the adjacent operatinglever 20, and as said pin cannot return to its normal position until the movable-plate 92 returns to its normal position, said movable platform 134 is retained in the position in which it is shown in Fig. 8 until the permanent five-cent slide E has been returned to its normal position, thereby preventing any change from being thrown out by said slide for the ten-cent coin previously introduced into the machine by the purchaser. After said ten-cent coin has been released by the,-

the underlying good-coin chute 77 and passed to the sight-pocket 80 and the money-drawer 79 in the manner previously described. Immediately after that the lug 115 of the dog 113 is detached from the projection 98 of said movable plate in the manner previously described, permitting said plate and the parts connected thereto to return to normal position which of course moves the pin 150 of the adjacent operating-lever 20 forward out of contact with the said shoulder 152 of said bellcrank 140 and at the same time withdrawing the horizontal arm 151 of said lever from its position on top of the platform 142 of said bell-crank, thereby permitting the spring 144 to elevate the horizontal arm of said bell-crank to its normal position and removing the vertical arm 148 of said bell-crank from engage ment with the under side of said movable platform 134, letting said platform drop to its normal position, as shown in Fig. 10. If, immediately after this'action, a purchaser desires a five-cent cigar or article and inserts a fivecent coin, he can obtain such cigar or article without delay, because, as before stated, the parts were automatically returned to their normal position, the ten-cent handle 122 having been automatically thrown downward as shown in Fig. 1.

It will be impossible for a purchaser to obtain a ten cent article by inserting, a five-cent coin, for the reason that the act of throwing the handle 122 upward in the manner previously described causes the movable-platform 134 also to be moved upward in the manner previously described with its forward edge in alignment with the rear edge of the blank slide D, and this platform acts as a very effective lock against rearward movement of said slide, so that the coin-detaching pins and the said blank slide cannot be moved rearwardly until said platform is dropped, or until the surreptitiously inserted five-cent coin is removed from the space between the vertical plate 101 of said slide and the end of the adjacent coin-detaching pin, which can only be accomplished by releasing said platform and letting it drop, which can be done by pushing downwardly on the rod 154, thereby disengaging the notch or depression 143 of the bell-crank 140 from .the projection 139 of the arm 13S carriedby the rock-shaft 120, which will have the effect previously described, permitting said platform 134 to drop out of the path of said blank slide and returning the parts to normal position ready to deliver a five-cent article, to which the purchaser is entitled for the fivecent coin previously inserted by him. He can then obtain such article by operating the handle 61 in the manner previously described, the same as if he had not endeavored to obtain a ten-cent article for live cents, and his five-cent coin will be dropped into the good-coin chute previously described. 1

If apurchaser desires a five-cent article and inserts a ten-cent coin, the said coin will gravitate to the base of the vertical chute 32 with the parts in normal position, as shown in Fig. 10, and then if the purchaser operates the handle 61, the adjacent coin-detaching pin will impinge upon said coin and move the permanent five-cent slide E rearwardly and detach five cents in change from the adjacent cointube and drop said change upon the underlying platform 134, which, at this time, occupies a position inclined toward the spout 153 and If the purchaser desires a ten-cent article and inserts a twenty-five cent coin, he should adjustthe ten-cent handle and will receive such article and three five-cent coins in change; otherwise, he will receive a five-cent article and four five-cent coins in change. This will be accomplished as follows: The twenty-five cent coin upon being inserted is arrested at the base of the vertical coin-chute 34 and the appropriate coin-detaching pin 49 engages it thereat when the operating-handle 61 is moved in the .manner previously described in connection with other coins, and this pin pushes said twenty-five cent piece into contact with the vertical plate 101 of the thickened coin-slide C, bringing about the delivery of an article in the manner previously described, dropping into the eood-coin chute 77 the twenty-fivecent coin thus inserted by the purchaser, and causing said thickened slide 0 to detach three five-cent coins simultaneously from the pile of coins in the fivecent coin-tube that is above said slide and dropping same from the aperture 104 of said slide into the underlying change-spout'107 by means of which said three five-cent pieces will be delivered to the purchaser in the manner previously described; but, if the operator did not elevate the ten-cent handle 122, he will receive not only the three five-cent coins in change for his twenty-five cent coin, but will receive an additional five-cent coin from the permanent five-cent slide E, which operates at. every stroke in the manner previously described. If the purchaser did elevate the handle 122, that act would elevate the movable-platform 134 into position in rear of the blank slide extension D and prevent the permanent five-cent slide from dropping an additional five-cent coin for change in the manner previously described.

If the purchaser inserts a fifty-cent coin, the same will be arrested at the base of the vertical coin-chute 35 and the proper article will be delivered upon actuation of the haudle 61, and'if the purchaser desires a fivecent article, he will receive forty-five cents in change in the following manner: The permanent five-cent slide E will deliver five-cents in change and the inserted coin in front of the vertical plate 101 of the two-part slide B B will cause its thickened portion to deliver three five-cent coinsand its connected thinner portion to deliver one twenty-five cent coin to the change spout, making a total in change of forty-five cents.

If the purchaser desires a ten-cent article and inserts a fifty-cent coin, he should elevate the ten-cent handle 122, thereby bringing the movable platformlEA: to the position shown in Fig. 8 and previously described, which will prevent the permanent five-cent slide from delivering five cents in change, and forty cents in change will be deliveredin the manner just above described by the two-part slide B B. If the operator inserts a dollar coin, the same is arrested at the base of the vertical coin-chute 36, and it he desires a fivecent article, he will receive ninety-five cents in change in the following manner: The permanent five-cent slide E will deliver one fivecent coin as change and the inserted dollar coin will cause the large composite slide A A to be moved rearwardly and its front thickened portion will detach three five-centcoins from the coin-tube above it, and its three apertures 10% will detach one twenty-five cent piece from each of the overhanging twentyfive cent coin-tubes, thereby making ninety cents in change delivered by this composite slide alone, which, added to the five-cent coin delivered by the permanent five-cent slide, makes ninety-five cents, the proper change to which the purchaser is entitled for his dollar coin. If a purchaser desires a ten-cent article and change for his dollar coin, he elevates the ten'cent handle 122, which prevents the permanent five-cent slide from delivering any change and he receives only the change del vered by. the large composite slide A A, which, as before stated, is ninety-cents.

I do not limit myself to the exact arrangement of the coin-tubes and other minor details herein shown, as itis obvious that the same maybe increased or reducedin number and changed within the limits of mechanical skill without departing from the scope of my invention.

I will also state that the principle of my invention may be extended for any denomination of coin, in which case of course the number of mechanical parts will have to be extended, and also the mechanical construction varied, which can be done Without departing from the true principle and nature of my invention.

What I claim is- 1. Acombinedautomaticvenderand money changer having coin-actuated mechanism for delivering an article, eoin-assorting mechanism and coin-actuated change-delivery mechanism for selecting coin from separate piles of difi'erently denominated coins.

2. The combination of means for separately holding articles of ditierent value or quality, separate delivery carriages mounted to re ceive articles from said holders, a coin-assorting mechanism for automatically distributing coins of different sizes and denominations coin-actuated change mechanism constructed todeliver correct change from piles of assorted differently denominated coins, and connections between said change mechanism and. said delivery-carriages whereby an article of appropriate value or quality will be selected and delivered according to the denomination of the coin inserted by apurchaser.

3. The combination of a series of holders for articles of different value or quality, delivery-carriages mounted to reciprocate in a horizontal plane one above the other beneath said holders, coin-actuated change mechanism, and connections between said change mechanism and said carriages so devisedthat said carriages may be moved alternately or successively from beneath said holders to deliver articles of different value or quality.

4. Acombined automatic vender and money changer, having suitable article delivery mechanism, suitable change-delivery mechanism, suitable connections between said change-delivery mechanism and said articledelivery mechanism, an inlet for the purchasers coin, an inclined coinassortingplate having a series of apertures differing in size according to the size of the various coins,

a series of vertical coin-chutes located beneath said assorting-plate and each having an aperture adjacent its base, restrictions or shoulders adjacent said aperture in said chutes to arrest coins which drop from said assorting-plate, aseries of coin-detaching pins 49, an operating-handle, and suitable connections between said operating-handle and said coin-detaching pins.

5. A combined automatic vender and money changer,having mechanism constructed to deliver articles of difierent value or qualya' change-mechanism constructed to deliver coins of different value for change, mechanism connecting said'article-delivery mechanism With said change-mechanism, and locking mechanism constructed to lock the said mechanism and prevent the delivery of an article of a value superior to that of, the coin inserted by the purchaser.

6. A combined vender and money changer, having article-delivery mechanism arranged to deliver articles of different value or quality, coinassorting mechanism coin-actuated change mechanism,and mechanism constructed to automatically lock said change mechanism and prevent the delivery of any change when the value of the coin inserted by apurchaser does not exceed the value of the article he desires.

7. A combined vendor and money changer, having an operating-handle, coin-asserting coin-assorting mechanism coin-actuated mechanism coin-actuated article and changeisms, a locking mechanism constructed to lock said article and change-delivery'mechanisms when a coin inserted by a purchaser is of less value than the article desired by him,

and mechanism for unlocking both of said delivery mechanisms while the purchasers said coin remains in the machine and adjusting both of said delivery-mechanisms to thereafter deliver an article corresponding to the value of said coin.

A vending machine having the clampingframe 6 for article boxes, the said frame consisting of vertical sides 7 spaced a distance apart by horizontal bars 8 to receive said boxes between them, clamping-screws 9 threaded through the opposite vertical sides of said frame to clamp said boxes between the inner ends of said screws, delivery-carriages located in a plane below said clamping-frame, and means for operating the delivery-carriages, substantially as set forth.

10. A vending machine having two hori' zontally movable article-delivery carriages mounted one in a plane above the other, pins or projections on said carriages normally in vertical alignment, a locking-dog for preventing movement of said carriages in one direction, an operating-lever20 having vertically aligned slots 118, 119 for engaging the pins on said carriages, and suitable parts for making an organized machine.

11. A combined vender and money changer having article and change-delivery mechanisms, a series of coin-tubes for holding the change prior to delivery thereof, coin-slides of different thickness located beneath said coin-tubes for detaching more than one coin at a time from some of said tubes, and suitable parts to make an organized machine.

12. In a combined vender and money changer, the composite money-slide A A, comprising a single plate havinga numberof coin apertures and mounted to slide in a horizontal plane, a suitable frame, coin-assorting mechanism a series of separate coin-tubes mounted above said composite slide,means for receiving the coins dischargedby said slide, means for moving said slide after a proper coin has been inserted in the machine, and an article-delivery mechanism connected to move with said means last mentioned,'whereby an article and the proper change may be delivthe blank coin-slide D, an additional slide mounted upon a portion of said blank slide,

. ll 14. A vender and money changer having, i

a spring 106 bearing upon the upper side of said blank slide, and a coin-tube, means for moving said coin-slides, and article-delivery mechanism connected to move with said coin- 'slides, substantially as set forth.

15. A vender and money changer having a series of horizontal coin-detaching pins 49, a series of coin-slides mounted one adjacent each of said pins, means for moving said pins so that coins will be clamped between the pins and the slides, and means for releasing said coins and article-delivery mechanism, substantially as set forth.

16. The combination of a suitable machine frame, a coin-tube supported by said frame, a blank coin-slide, an apertured coin-slide mounted above a portion of said blank coinslide to move simultaneously therewith, a movable platform 134 pivotally mounted adjacent said slides to receivea coin therefrom when said platform is in an elevated position, means for elevating said platform, means for holding said platform elevated, means for moving said platform downward so that it will occupy an inclined position, means for receiving a coin from said platform while the latter is inolined,meansfor movingsaid coinslides, and article-delivery mechanism, substantially as herein specified.

In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT MARSHALL STURGIS. Witnesses:

E. E. LONGAN, J NO. (3. HIGDON. 

